NEW: Reputation Points Are Now Redeemable for Rewards!
Hey all – big news today with the launch of reputation point rewards!
Reputation Points are our way of tangibly rewarding you for making ArtHelper an artist community that's worth visiting every day.
You earn them for creating great discussion posts, sharing your work, leaving comments, giving artists critiques, and inviting others to join in.
And now, you can redeem them for real rewards:
Paid subscriptions: Human-Made Art, Instagram Growth, and ArtHelper Pro
Studio-grade artist services: a bespoke portfolio PDF, Instagram and Facebook Glow-Ups, even 1-hour art business consultations
Cash payouts: coming soon!
Looking at other online artist communities, they all seem to struggle with the same few issues. Off-topic noise, engagement bait, trolling, algorithms designed to distract and upset you...😵💫
These are all side effects of the fact that platforms like Reddit and Facebook simply weren't designed with artists in mind. And you can feel it.
On ArtHelper, we're ALL-IN on making the dream platform for creatives. In fact, most of our features this year have come directly from your suggestions!
ArtHelper belongs to all of us, and now you can financially benefit just from participating. 💪
We'd love your feedback on this update! Keep in mind this is a soft launch. Expect a few rough edges. If something looks off or breaks, tell us in the comments and we'll fix it fast.
Enjoy!
Taylor
P.S. - Have your eye on a higher cost reward? Here's a reminder on how to earn Points:
+2 points when someone likes your post
+1 when someone likes your comment
+3 when someone comments on your post
+20 when your critique on a critique request gets an upvote
+50 when the artist marks your critique as "valued"
+500 when a friend joins from your invite
I’m not totally convinced the point system is a good thing. While I commend the thought behind it, it’s also apparent that people are taking advantage of the weaknesses in the way it tabulates. We have a number of people who are posting singles images multiple times a day and getting points not just for each post, but for each like. Tell me this isn’t fishing for points? Likewise are the people who post the same image in multiple communities or post the same image with different titles. They get points for each. How does one get 500, 700, 1000 points in a day and not be gaming the system. This is incentivizing the wrong be behaviors.
If you want to incentivize engagement, limit the points for an image to one post no matter how many communities it’s posted in; don’t give points to the same image posted with different titles; don’t give points for single word responses or responses that are cut and pasted to multiple posts; don't give points to AI generated responses.
While I’m at it, I think the site could be a little more discriminating as to who it lets in. I welcome inclusivity, but note pad doodles, memes, and paintings of cartoon characters? Really?
I’m sorry to be so negative, but as well intentioned as this may be, it’s seems to be appealing more to people’s basest instincts for greed and attention and less to substantive discussion and critique.
Hey Ted - thanks for the feedback and all to be considered. The suggestion box is open. We would want to see the accounts doing what you are mentioning, and that makes me think we need another way for you to report these to us when you see them.
One thing that also needs more usage and awareness is the downvote. The downvote removes points.
Hello Ted I agree I have seen the same image from the same artist numerous times & I get the message that this artist has posted new work. It can be frustrating & time consuming.
I agree with most of your sentiments. The multiple posts of the same image is ridiculous.
Corect
I agree with Ted's comments. With one caveat. I am still relatively new here and therefore still learning how to share, upload, etc. I did not realize, that when I do an AI prompt from this site, via the emails we get, that it reposts an item I already shared, making multiple posts. I thought when we follow these prompts that it was simply for our own view to help us improve as an artist. It would not let me reuse a post that was already uploaded. So, I would have to reselect from my collection and "browse" then choose the image. I had not realized that it was reposting the same image. So, perhaps a little grace could be given for those posts. It is possible that other newbies like myself, are not intentionally reposting the same image multiple times. I do apologize to all, for any multiple posts from myself. As it was not done for point chasing. It is possible that this is why we see so many duplicate posts. With that said, others do indeed post repeats. Perhaps, instead of doing a point system that encourages point chasing, you could do badges for activity, or participation on the platform. Instead of points, badges will still let others know you are actively engaging, and if necessary, this will also give the feeling of being seen and heard, for those who want that kind of encouragement. Just give the option to opt out of the notices. As we do get a lot of email notifications already, so having the option to opt out, could be helpful for overflowing inboxes. The badges could be added after a certain number of interactions and that would eliminate point chasing. This platform is a safe artist community, that is meant to help us be encouraged, inspired and connect with other artists and possibly finding our niche or people if you will. It is not meant to become a platform for unhelpful posts or hurtful commentary, etc. I love the feedback of constructive, well meaning, inspiring, guidance to improve our art and skills. Not just pandering for compliments. Or seek attention. But, for true honest feedback on how to do better and create more developed works. I am very glad to have found this community, and hope to continue to grow as an artist.